ひく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひく – see the following entries.

【引く】 [verb] (transitive) to pull (something toward oneself) [verb] (transitive) to pull (along), to drag, to drag along, to bring along while going somewhere [verb] (transitive) to bring (people) in, to bring together [verb] (transitive) to attract (someone's) attention [verb] (transitive) to pull out, to stretch, to spread (something over a surface or a distance) [verb] (transitive) to subtract, to take away [verb] (transitive) (of an illness) to catch [verb] (transitive) to page through (a dictionary), to look up [verb] (intransitive) to pull out, to pull back, to withdraw, to retreat [verb] (intransitive) to draw away from a person, to find someone repulsive to be turned off [conjunction] (mathematics) minus (subtraction)

【退く】 [verb] to draw back, to recede, to regress [verb] to lessen [verb] to retire Alternative spelling 引く

【弾く】 [verb] to play (a stringed or keyboard musical instrument)

【轢く】 [verb] to run over (with a vehicle)

【挽く】 [verb] to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill

【惹く】 [verb] to attract [verb] to draw (someone's attention, sympathy etc.) [verb] to captivate Alternative spelling 引く

(This term, ひく (hiku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ひく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひく.)

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